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BEVERDY P. SMITH, 0F NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21,1918.

Application filed September 13, 1917. Serial No. 191,204.

To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known thatl, REVERDY P. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement inToys; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon,to-be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in

Figure 1 a side view of a toy constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 a top or plan view of the same, with the car removed.

Fig. 3 a broken view of the bottom por; tion of the car showing a front View of the gripper pin, and tripping plate.

Fig. 4t a diagrammatical view indicatin the use of an electric motor.

This invention relates to an improvement in toys of the inclined railway 0r loop the loop type, the object of the invention being to produce a mechanical toy in which a car may be drawn to the highest point, and then run by force of gravity until it strikes the main incline, where it will start the operating mechanism to draw the car up to the top of the incline, with provision for the car to stop the operating mechanism as it starts on its downward trip; and the invention consists in the construction hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a track or runway 6 which includes a steep upward incline 7 from the top of which it extends downward abruptly, then bowed to form a loop 8 from which the track extends gradually upward, and then slightly downward to the bottom of the upward incline 7. This track is formed from one or more strips of sheet metal of suitable length and is supported by a base 9 with uprights 10 and 11 on which the track rests. At the bottom of the incline 7 is mounted an idler 12, and at the top of the incline is an idler 13, these idlers projecting through clearance slots 14 and 15 formed for them in the center of the track. Passing over these idlers and over the upper face of the track and around a sprocket wheel 16 is an endless chain 17. The sprocket wheel 16 may be driven by any suitable means as a spring motor 18, as indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, or an electric motor19, as indicated in Fig. irof the drawings. The spring motor will include a stop wheel 20 and a stop lever 21. Thisstop lever will be connected by a cord or wire 22 witha bellcrank starting lever 23 mounted below the track at the bottom of the incline 7, one arm 24 of the lever extending upward through a clearance slot 25 formed for it. At the top of the incline is a clearance slot 26 through which projects the upper end of a stopping lever 27 the lower end of which engages the operating arm 28 of a rock shaft 29 which is provided with a crank arm 30 connected by a cord or wire 31 with the tripping lever 21. The car 32 forming a part of this toy, may be of any approved design, and is provided with wheels 33 having flanges 34 to set over the out side edges of the track. Pivotally connect ed with the bottom of the car is a gripper pin 35 on which is a tripper plate 36. If an electric motor is employed, as indicated in Fig. 4:, the starting lever 37 corresponding to the starting lever 23, will, when moved forward, close the circuit so as to start the motor. Then when the stopping lever 38 corresponding to the lever 27, is moved forward it will actuate the rod 39 and move the lever 37 to open the circuit. The spring motor being wound, or the electric motor being in condition for operation, the car 32 is started at the bottom of the incline, or placed. upon the chain 17 so that the gripper pin 35 engages with one of the links of the chain. The starting lever 23 or 37 will then be moved to start the motor, and this will move the chain so as to draw the car to the top of the incline. As it reaches the top of the incline, the tripper plate 36 engages with the upper end of the stopping lever 27 or 38 so as to stop the motor and arrest the movement of the chain. The car by momentum will start down the incline, loop the loop, and run onto the incline portion 7, and as it passes the starting lever 23 or 37, the tripper plate 36 will move those levers and start the motor, the car passing onto the; incline so that the gripper pin 35 engages one of the links of the chain. The car will then continue to make the circuit of the track.

I claim 1. A toy comprising an inclined track having reversely inclined surfaces a car adapted to run upon the said track, a chain adapted to draw the car up the primary incline, mechanism for driving the chain,

and means operated by the car for start ing and stopping the operating mechanism.

2. A toy comprising a track "having reverse inclines and a circular bend, a car adapted to run upon said track, a chain passing over the upward incline, means for driving said chain and means operated by the car for starting and stopping the chainoperating means.

3.. A toy comprising a track having reverse inclines, a car adapted to run upon said track, said car Provided with a downwardly projecting gripping pin, and a tripping plate, a motor including a sprocket wheel, idlers atthe bottom and top of the upward incline, an endless chain passing around the sprocket wheel and idlers, and over the upper surface of the upward incline, a starting lever projecting upward through the track at the bottom of the incline, a stopping lever projecting upward through the track at the to 3 of the incline, the tripping plate adapte to actuate the starting and stopping levers, and connections between the starting and stopping levers and the motor for starting and stopping the same.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscrib- REVERDY P. SlVfITH. Witnesses 111g witnesses.

M. P. NIoHoLs, GEORGE D. SEYMOUR.

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